Behind every young heroine has to be a strong male presence to guide and control her so that she doesn’t become too dangerous (in other words, independent). These women may have the power to save the world, but they also have to be protected from themselves.
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I guess in a way, the late 20th century pop culture references have expired .. but only on first mention. For those who “lived through them” it’s an instant connection in the same way a comic book geek says Sinister 6 and crystal then looks for the other comic book nerd to out himself. When that connection is made, it’s fun, cool sometimes kind of a signal that says, “Yeah I know why I need to go 88 miles per hour.”
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The thing is I would rather wait until the entire season of something is over and then watch it on Netflix, or flip around the new arrivals in the instant play library and see what series escaped me that I could now watch at my own leisure. I no longer desire to watch things as they air. Netflix basically ruined my TV watching experience. Nothing beats that joy, that ease, of simply deciding to watch “the next episode” If you haven’t done it, it’s like watching TV using a Pez dispenser. If you haven’t — you have no idea what you’re missing.
Thank you Netflix.
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by Juliana Weiss-Roessler After watching the episode “Normal Again,” I chose to entirely disregard the fact that it implied that the entire series might be taking place in Buffy’s head. The idea was just too depressing. But now I’ve come across a website that has some pretty promising evidence that not only Buffy and Angel, [...]
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by Amy Ratcliffe Mis-interpreted lyrics usually just lead to funny stories. Well, until the internet came along and allowed you to correct your friend with a twenty second Google search. Anyways. In the case of Contropussy, it led to a kicking webcomic. Emma Caulfield (yes, that Emma Caulfield, Anya from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) was [...]
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By Shawn Deena – I never watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer when it was first on television. But, thanks to the Netflix, all seven seasons of BTVS are now available for my viewing pleasure. After watching the first two seasons, I’m sharing my thoughts. Go ahead – start the hate mail now.
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By Sabrina Boyer – So Oz is back. But the thing is, Willow’s kinda gay now. She and Tara are even thinking about getting a cat together and naming it Ms. Kitty Fantastico or Trixy. Tara even wants her dorm room to be Willow-friendly. Tara’s even going to the Scoobie meetings. And when she’s there, Oz shows up in the extremely monosyllabic way that he does with “Hey” and things get awkward.
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by Teresa Jusino So, I was in the comic shop yesterday (Cosmic Comics on E. 23rd Street in NYC for those who want to find me on Wednesday afternoons), and there are these two guys standing in front of the new releases chatting away and taking up space. Says one to the other: “God, there’s [...]
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by Juliana Weiss-Roessler I know the idea of seeing our favorite musical supervillain and his hammer-headed nemesis on the big screen has many people squeeing with delight, but it has me cringing. When I first heard the rumors that Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog might have a film sequel instead of a web one, I instantly [...]
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By Sabrina Boyer – Just so you know this episode isn’t exactly like the children’s book. It’s a story about children who were tortured with religious rhetoric and only hoped they had a fantasy land they could escape to. Christ didn’t allow fantasy lands, or anything else. What’s worse? Riley and the initiative are living in the remnants of angsty tortured past.
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By Lisa Fary – I gave up on Dollhouse early in the second season after faithfully watching for it’s entire flawed first season. I want to be impressed; I don’t like hating on stuff. But, Dollhouse is so. . . meh. However, I picked it back up now that’s it’s almost over and am still not terribly impressed. (“Not impressed” is an understatement – I was holding my head muttering, “Get the camera off Echo and Helo! Put it on someone else!”) It’s enough to make me question my faith in Joss Whedon.
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By Sabrina Boyer – This episode is all about Faith. Not the belief, the character, and boy is it good. We finally get to learn who Faith is as a person and her motivation for her bad choices in season three. It really is true; with just a simple twist of fate, Faith could’ve been Buffy, or, any one of us could have been her, bad choices and all.
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Bloodsuckers are starting to feel blase to me. I used to get so excited about vampires on TV. I mean, it’s vampires! On TV!. And now, I’m like, “Vampires. On TV. Meh.”
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By Sabrina Boyer – This episode picks up where “The I in Team” left off; if you recall, good ‘ole Maggie Walsh tried to kill Buffy, who, in turn, was killed by her own creation, Adam. It is not a far leap to suggest that we are to see Maggie as Dr. Frankenstein. A classic example of “just because we can doesn’t mean we should” lesson for us gentle viewers, and a heavy critique in my opinion of Western science and military secrecy.
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By Sabrina Boyer – Did you know that magic at the poker table constitutes cheating? Hey, I say, if you’ve got it, flaunt it.
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By Sabrina Boyer – This is an episode that gets overlooked often. It’s also an episode that spotlights the magnificent acting chops of one Anthony Steward Head. Now I’m not one to go for the older guys, but for Anthony Stewart Head (ASH for short) I’d do it in a red hot minute. He’s the only actor I can think of that could make a demon costume look hot.
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By Sabrina Boyer – I think this episode really starts to mark the beginning of the Scooby gang drifting apart.
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By Sabrina Boyer – If I were going to list my top five Buffy episodes, Hush would definitely be in the list. Of course, this list fluctuates depending on time of year, what’s going on in my life at the time, and a horde of other factors; however, Hush will, I can safely say, always be in that list, somewhere. A seminal episode and nominated for an Emmy (which it didn’t win but should have; it was robbed. It’s clear the Emmys don’t recognize sci-fi/fantasy shows as serious or warrants merit, but that’s another issue. The fact that it was nominated speaks highly of the sheer genius of this episode).
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